Tarot Talk & Technique

Hello! After reading a thread on here about daily readings, I decided it may be good for me to get back into it 🙂 The strange thing is that I pulled three cards, and all three were Major Arcana (The Magician- The Tower- The Hanged Man). Have you had experience pulling all Major Arcana Cards for a reading? If so, did anything significant happen that day?

Okay, it's time to fess up. Has anybody here used the Tarot to guide them when they are/were dating? I'm just curious. :) I have to admit that I sometimes do this, but not in a creepy, stalker-y way. When I perform date readings (which again is not too often), it's only to know how the date would go, if I have anything to watch out for, stuff like that. I rarely read about the other party. I only do so if I have misgivings about them like when the things they say don't add up, if they're quite shady, or if I suspect that I'm being catfished. This is almost de rigeur when it comes to blind dates lol.

On the 8th of May 2026 - Sir David Attenborough turns 100! A live event takes place that day at The Royal Albert Hall in his honour, 8.30pm GMT - broadcasting on BBC1 & BBCIplayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/sir-david-attenborough-100-years-planet-earth I was thinking (just because)... what Tarot Archetype most embodies Sir David for you? - and Why? I have: 1) The Fool. Left - Tarot Apokalypsis ~ Dunne & Huggens Right - The Gendron Tarot ~ Melanie Gendron. These two renditions of The Fool, express (for me) Sir David's approach to our planet as he has presented it to us through his lifetime - wit…

I'm wondering how everyone hear approaches shuffling and dealing the cards. I get hung up on the position of cards as I shuffle, and what is 'meant' to be reversed vs. upright, and the manner in which I shuffle and flip the cards having an effect on that. I resolved recently to just stop dealing with reversals all together for the next while, and place all cards upright. It feels more natural for me to flip the cards vertically as opposd to revealing them by turning them horizontally like the pages of a book. I set the intention that's how I will flip the cards, so after I'm settled from shuffling any futher, I'm essentially left holding the deck upside dow…

I read (or perhaps saw on a video) advice that cards for a live reading should be dealt faced down, then turned over in sequence and explained as you went along. I think it was for Celtic Cross, but the rational applies to all larger spreads. This was because if you showed a distracting card, like Death, in say the near future or outcome position, the querent wouldn't hear anything you said about any earlier card; they'd be too fixated on the red button card you hadn't got to yet. However, I've tried practicing this way online and it's hard. I don't know really know what a card means, except in the context of the other cards. This means I waffle a lot then do a big …

What are your thoughts on the Death & Rebirth card in the Light Seer's deck? I see this as someone returning who has gone through a huge transition, possibly a scorpio or other water sign. For Yes or No questions, this might lean on No but could also be a No (until transition is complete) I see it mostly as a positive card How do you interpret it?

I've only found it credited to Chelsea Monico but it doesn't look anything like her other art. thanks!

I asked the cards about my decision to move to another city where my boyfriend lives and the Death card came up. For some context, the only thing that still keeps me in my current city is the friendships, but quit recently I've been hurt and disappointed by a very good friend, so I start focus on my needs more and I want to move. What do you think the Death means?

It is the only card I know like the back of my hand and one I identify with on a personal level. I am a scorpio rising and venus so transformation is definitely my thing. Though I like it because I know it, I hate the after math of it. It is usually accompanied by hurt or loss as that is when I have to transform the situation and myself. I have to rebuild from the beginning, did I mention I had scorpio placements? I HATE letting go lol

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My favourite deck has gone on vacation. I did a 3 card yes/no spread with it the other day (centre card give the yes or no with an upright or reversed card, side cards give information on why). I forget what the question was but the answer was "no" followed by two cards that said something along the lines of "I'm going to sit back, relax, and put my feet up for a while"! Gah! I haven't even been using it that much! Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

Hi everyone, I'm looking for opinions on deck quality from the various major publishers of decks. For example decks printed by US Games, Lewellyn etc rather than self published decks. How do you find the card stock and durability of these kind of mass produced decks? Is one company better than another in any respect?

Hi! I finally found a copy of the Prediction Tarot a few months ago and absolutely love the simplicity and style of the art as well as the size! Does anyone have any suggestions for similar decks? I collect decks and already have a bunch with intricately decorated cards, especially the pips so I'm looking for the same tranquil feeling that I get from the Prediction Tarot. Thank you so much!

Hi, all! I'm having trouble with a few of my decks warping badly, even though they're new and only recently acquired. One is my beloved Sakki-Sakki deck, which i just got in November. The other is the Instant Archetypes deck which is a brand-new deck that was only printed and shipped in December. Here's what it looks like already, even though it's barely been out of the box: I googled and found these AT threads about warping... http://www.tarotforum.net/library/16/2003-05/warped-cards-how-can-i-unwarp-them-20030516.shtml https://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=195659 ...but they're full of suggestions that don't seem to apply — most of my decks are …

Noobie here, apologies as needed. I'm sure there are already threads about this, but when I searched I either got nothing or a bazillion not-really-related hits. My question: How weird am I for following some not-scientifically-proven rituals to help feel bonded to my deck? Half my brain says it's 78 pieces of cardboard (which can help you tap into creative thinking techniques that show you new things). The other half of my brain says, "But what about what happened that time, with your cards? And that time? And that time? You can still believe it's just cardboard? You don't think synchronicity is real? C'mon." But either way, I do think…

This trimming is not taking place out of aesthetical reasons. I actually really like how it looks visually, and it is already borderless. My issue is the size of it. I struggle with larger decks as I have achy hands. And since this is a deck I am so madly in love with I just knew there was no way that I wouldn’t try my best to trim it down to a more comfortable size. It took me a while to contemplate and plan it. I wanted to keep its proportions so I had to look at every card and measure how much I could remove. I settled on cutting away approximately 5mm per side. I’m gonna start by sharing a before-pic so you see what I’m talking about

I can't help but notice how many Tarot decks focus on one specific Major as a theme, whether explicitly or otherwise. There is the Lovers' Path for the Lovers, the Deviant Moon for the Moon, etc. Can you name others?

Hello tarot fam! So I finally took the plunge and scored a pretty sweet deal on a Swiss 1JJ deck from 1974. Woohoo! The cards are in good shape, but they have spent many of their 45 years in a smoker's house. So they're quarantined from my other decks until the odor dissipates a bit. I've currently got them in a Tupperware with a sachet of dried lavender beside the deck. The box is also in a Tupperware with a sachet of baking soda sitting inside it. We'll see how that does after they've sat today and tonight. Do you folks have any other tried and true methods that you use to eliminate odors?

A friend told me he had a tarot card reading years ago at some county fair (early 1990’s) The reader told him(so he claims) that he will die at age 57. Now, in my experience (which isn’t a lot) I didn’t think readings actually tell one that specific of details...am I right? I want him to have another reading...& yet do I? (It’s been years since I’ve had a reading, so personally I’m way over due) any insight would be greatly appreciated thank you

Hi all. A couple of years ago a tarot lady determined the trustworthiness of a new contact for me using the tarot cards. And she was absolutely right. Just now, I could use her advice again, but I don't know what kind of spread / technique she used and I don't remember her contact details. So, I am asking here: Do you know how to determine whether a person is trustworthy using the cards?

Happy Pi Day! I was wondering if anyone has created a Spread based on the "sacred fraction" 22/7 or other metaphysical thought behind the digits of Pi? My first level of thought was to pull the 7th and 22nd cards. Then, I was considering a layout similar to: 1st row (centered) - 3 cards 2nd row - 7 cards 3rd row - 7 cards Any ideas on naming the slots for possible interpretation filters?

Can this dark and deep deck be connected to goddess Hekate? I am researching some topic and wonder about this subject as part of the research.

I did a reading on my partner who has been awful to me. I asked if he would be ok if we split because we’re currently in a limbo. This is what I got for him… 10 of pentacles The tower 7 of cups The Devil 5 of swords 9 of wands Not in that exact order. Thank you so much!

I just want to share the readings I have involving this card when it comes to relationships and wish to see if we all have similarities. I have three significant readings made for friends where I observed and realized what the devil card means. Since then, I feel like I had a better understanding of this card. I have to note that when I do readings with a sitter face-to-face, I don't ask what their question is all about. I let the cards show/tell me what's going on their mind. I use a total of 5 decks (illuminated tarot, RW, Earth oracle, Angel Answer Oracle and Lover's tarot) in one sitting. I know it's weird, but I better understand each situation this way. First…

I just read a mention of NWTS on a different thread and wondered about it. I went in 2019 and 2020 ... I wanted to go this year but I had just moved house and things were too topsy turvy to get away. This was the first year with the new owners. How was it? What did you like best or least? Was it similar to past years or different?